Saint Matthias. Engraving by the Master F.P. after G.F. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

  • Parmigianino, 1503-1540.
Date:
[153-?]
Reference:
2819160i
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Description

Saint Matthias was named in the Acts of the Apostles (1.18-26) as the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. Here he holds a sword under his left arm with the point in the air

Publication/Creation

[153-?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving

Lettering

F.P. Bears monogram "FP" in the bottom left corner

Creator/production credits

"F.P." or "The Master FP" is the name given by Bartsch (loc. cit.) and subsequent scholars to an unidentified printmaker who produced engravings after drawings by, or in the manner of, Parmigianino. The 26 prints listed by Bartsch include a set of thirteen engravings of Christ and the Apostles. The initials FP, placed on the left side of the prints in this set are those of Parmigianino ("Francesco il Parmigianino"), not of the printmaker: they indicate the author of the design or of the manner. Early copies in reverse were made of some of them by (presumably) another printmaker, with the monogram FP etched in the correct direction but on the right hand side of the sheet. The present work is one of the prints by F.P.

References note

Adam Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, Würzburg 1920-1922, vol. XVI, pp. 13-15, "pièces marquées des lettres F.P." no. 13

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2819160i

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  • 20 Parmigianinesque prints on one mount, by and after the Master FP after Parmigianino, by A. Meldola (Meldolla) lo Schiavone, and after Parmigianino

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